homeschooling – Page 54 – Geeks out of the box

By Geeks out of the Box October 10, 2017October 10, 2017

Lessons for Mom continued

It’s great that Simon continues to find the time to teach me some JavaScript. We’re now done with the Basic course he had prepared, below are some impressions. The video … Continue reading Lessons for Mom continued

By Geeks out of the Box October 10, 2017

Simon and Neva’s symbiosis

Simon is best friends with his little sis (who has just turned 6). He teaches her to make molecules and she teaches him to play hopscotch and to enjoy a … Continue reading Simon and Neva’s symbiosis

By Geeks out of the Box October 10, 2017

Graphic arithmetics

Simon is not only doing Precalculus en Calculus, but also enjoys maths at all levels (see previous post about The Secrets of Sums). For example, we do some Dutch elementary … Continue reading Graphic arithmetics

By Geeks out of the Box October 10, 2017

Chienese and pancakes

From the wonderful set “Chineasy”. Simon says he knows about 100 characters, not sure that’s true.

By Geeks out of the Box October 10, 2017

Magformers Pythagoras set

Simon pulled out his old Magformers Pythagoras set and this time around, he really nailed all the tasks independently. The set offers a variety of puzzles to “prove” the Pythagorean … Continue reading Magformers Pythagoras set

By Geeks out of the Box October 10, 2017October 10, 2017

The Secrets of Sums

The new favourite (Murderous) Math book is The Secrets of Sums by Kjartan Poskitt. It deals with simple arithmetic and Simon found it too easy when he first opened it, but then … Continue reading The Secrets of Sums

By Geeks out of the Box October 10, 2017

Processing on RaspberryPi

Simon installed Processing on his RaspberryPi recently (using the terminal, which looked terribly sophisticated and scary as on Linux you’re forced to do everything through the terminal) and started preparing … Continue reading Processing on RaspberryPi

By Geeks out of the Box October 10, 2017

Recursion example in Code

Simon built this #recursion example/ pattern (a Sierpinski triangle) in Codea (using the language Lua) while we a had a coffee at a cafe:

By Geeks out of the Box October 6, 2017October 6, 2017

Simon contributed his own cloud for the Processing Community Day

In the video below, Simon is showing the cloud design he contributed to the community project collecting cloud designs for the Processing Community Day coming up on October 21, 2017. … Continue reading Simon contributed his own cloud for the Processing Community Day

By Geeks out of the Box September 28, 2017October 6, 2017

10 PRINT in p5.js and Python. Emulating a text console.

A simple code creating a beautiful pattern using text: Based on a coding challenge by Daniel Shiffman, where he created a version of the classic one-line Commodore 64 BASIC program in … Continue reading 10 PRINT in p5.js and Python. Emulating a text console.